carseats

anybody moving up to the bigger carseats? i know its not reccommended that you move to forward facing but my baby is 20 pounds and hes so long that hes all crunched up in reverse. we got a new carseat for xmas n thought it went reverse but doesnt. he holds his head up n sits alone well.. but idkk.. whattaya think?

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It is illegal here in PA to put a child in a front facing car seat. My husband is a state trooper and has seen accidents with babies where rear facing saves thier lives. I would make LO deal with being a little "scrunched up", if you are in an accident you would be happy that he is the safest way he could be. Return the car seat for a larger rear facing.

I agree. I think its unsafe at this age to be front facing. They have increased the age before moving to front facing. It might even be as old as two years before forward facing. I would save the one you bought for later. You can also ask your pediatrician.

Can you not return the carseat? We just got a convertible car seat and it is both forward and rear facing. Not worth the risk IMO.

Not to mention that are were new studies that came out in 2011 that said kids are safer in rear facing car seats for 2 years not 1 - so how long until that becomes law and you have to go out and get a different car seat anyway....

I would definitely try returning the car seat and getting one that is rear facing instead.

And, I think we are going to change to a convertible car seat soon. The infant carrier is getting too heavy and cumbersome and we can't adjust the straps any further. I'm just debating which one to get. And developing skills on how to transfer a sleeping baby from the car to the house.

We had to upgrade our car seat because our LO is so long, 28 inches! The law here says they have to be rear facing until he's 20lbs AND over a year. From personal experience as a paramedic keep him rear facing as long as you can! I've responded to 2 vehicular homicides involving kids and I won't be turning my car seats around anytime soon!

They say rear facing is best til ..... I would rather has his head and spinal column protected and his legs a little scrunched....a broken leg in an accident is much easier to handle than possible irreversable damage to his spine

Yup here it's a year for front facing. I think it's kind of a nationwide thing. We got a convertible cars eat from babies r us for 120 on sale black fri. Regular 179 it was highly recommended by a few moms but it goes rear or forward and ranged 5 to 100 lobs. Jennifer

its actually proven that is safer to keep them rear facing until they are 2. i was reading up on car seats bc our lil man is getting a lil scrunched to, but they have proven that an impact strong enough to break a baby's legs when they are rear facing is strong enough to kill them if they are front facing...so i'd rather rear face my lil one. much safer. 8 -)

We are still in a car seat for baby though. hes getting long but it holds up to 35 lbs and 32 "...so i figure we have a lil ways to go still.